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Re: how to copy fields without leading zeros

Are you creating a new file with input from a keyboard, or are you copying an existing file, or are you populating a new file from an existing file with a different layout?

(I am having trouble understanding where the "85" is coming from.)

In RPG I might try the evalr to do what you are doing.


On 11/25/2014 5:07 PM, Hoteltravelfundotcom wrote:
HI I have to create a file based on employee badge info.

there is name and dept 40 characters each.

the badge id is 3 but they want the PF to hold 8 for futures.

when I created the field as 8 character, it adds leading zeros so I made
the field numeric 8S 00 but they want it to be character.

Any ideas how to copy without throwing in the leading zeros? I think an RPG
program would be the way but is there any way in a CL or Command?


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